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Al-Ashraf's 13th Century Astronomical Text
The third Rasulid sultan, al-Malik al-Ashrāf ‘Umar, wrote a major astronomical text called al-Tabṣira fī ‘ilm al-nujūm. The German...
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Wedding in Ta‘izz, 1951
A wedding couple in Ta‘izz in 1951. From the Facebook Site اليمن ارض الحضارة
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Lecture on Tihama "Saints" in Rasulid Yemen
For information on online registration, click here.
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Kawkaban dam
From the Facebook Page of Fahad al-Anbari This dam dates back to the Ayyubid era and provides water for a hammam. It is being repaired by...
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Yemeni Artist Alia Ali
To register for her free talk in Chicago, click here. Examples of Alia's art are on her website. Below is an example from her website.
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The Scholar al-Firuzabadi
Above: Autograph of the scholar al-Fīrūzābādī. One of the major Islamic scholars of the Rasulid era in Yemen was Muḥammad b. Ya‘qūb...
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رمضان في الستينيات في اليمن
أجواء رمضان في اليمن زمان عادات يمنية قديمة وأكلات يمنية يفضلها اليمنيون في شهر رمضان، كيف يستقبل اليمنيون شهر رمضان؟ يخبرنا عنها ضيف...
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Tim MacIntosh-Smith in Arabic
One of the most gifted writers on Yemen is the British savant Tim MacIntosh- Smith, who lived in Yemen for decades. His most recent book,...
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From Damascus to Sanaa in 1936
In 1936 a Syrian agricultural engineer named Aḥmad Waṣfī Zakariyā visited Yemen at the invitation of Imam Yaḥyā. He stayed in Yemen for...
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Lecture on Early Zaydis
On Tuesday, 27 February, Christian Sahner (Oxford University) will discuss his current book project on rebellion, conversion, and state...
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Marjorie Ransom on Youtube
The online talk by Marjorie Ransom, an honorary member of AIYS, on her book delivered on Feb. 7 about Yemeni silver jewelry is now...
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More Yemen photos by Pascal and Maria Maréchaux
Some incredible photographs taken in Yemen by Pascal and Maria Maréchaux on their Facebook page Yemen Genesis.
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Waqf in Zaydi Yemen
The masterful study of the institution of waqf in Zaydi Yemen by Eirik Hovden is available to download in open access from Brill. Based...
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Maraqten Lecture on Ma'rib
One of the most important archaeologists of ancient South Arabia is Mohammed Maraqten. You can hear this lecture in Arabic on the Mahram...
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The Future of Agriculture in Yemen
There is a superb video on Youtube by the Yemeni author Zayd Ali Basha on the future of agriculture and its importance for rural society...
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